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ACCOUNT OF THE COCK LANE GHOST. 87
whelmed with grief and chagrin, that he did not long sur-
vive the detection of the imposture.
We shall conclude this article with the following whim-
sical jeux d'esprit, which appeared at the time relative to
this ludicrous affair.
Paris.—There have been lately held in the Rue de
Coq, several extraordinary lits de justice, at which some
of the chief persons of the nation have assisted ; and
what is extremely remarkable, a Protestant clergyman
has voluntarily administered More than extreme unction
to a ghost. (From the Paris a la Main.)
Lisbon.—Several of the Jesuits who were exiled from
this country, have gone over to England in disguise.
The effects of their horrible machinations begin to dis-
cover themselves already in the mysterious affair of the
spirit in Cock Lane, which engrosses the attention of the
whole British nation. We are assured by some gentle-
men of the English factory, that the obsolete laws
against witchcraft will speedily be revived in Great
Britain.
Ireland, (Dublin.)—We hear from London, that the
apparition in Cock Lane, has never been seen by nobody.
(Faulkner’s Journal.)
Scotland, (Glasgow.)—The seventh son of a seventh
son is just set out on a walk to London, in order to visit
the spirit in Cock Lane ; and as this gentleman is blessed
with the faculty of second sight, it is thought he will be
able to see her. The spirit’s great propensity to scratch-
ing, makes it generally supposed here, that Miss Fanny
died of the itch rather than of the small-pox, and that
the ghost is certainly mangy.
London.—We hear that the Rev. Mr. Moore is prepar-
ing a new work for the use of families, especially children,
to be published in weekly numbers, called the Ghost's
Catechism,
whelmed with grief and chagrin, that he did not long sur-
vive the detection of the imposture.
We shall conclude this article with the following whim-
sical jeux d'esprit, which appeared at the time relative to
this ludicrous affair.
Paris.—There have been lately held in the Rue de
Coq, several extraordinary lits de justice, at which some
of the chief persons of the nation have assisted ; and
what is extremely remarkable, a Protestant clergyman
has voluntarily administered More than extreme unction
to a ghost. (From the Paris a la Main.)
Lisbon.—Several of the Jesuits who were exiled from
this country, have gone over to England in disguise.
The effects of their horrible machinations begin to dis-
cover themselves already in the mysterious affair of the
spirit in Cock Lane, which engrosses the attention of the
whole British nation. We are assured by some gentle-
men of the English factory, that the obsolete laws
against witchcraft will speedily be revived in Great
Britain.
Ireland, (Dublin.)—We hear from London, that the
apparition in Cock Lane, has never been seen by nobody.
(Faulkner’s Journal.)
Scotland, (Glasgow.)—The seventh son of a seventh
son is just set out on a walk to London, in order to visit
the spirit in Cock Lane ; and as this gentleman is blessed
with the faculty of second sight, it is thought he will be
able to see her. The spirit’s great propensity to scratch-
ing, makes it generally supposed here, that Miss Fanny
died of the itch rather than of the small-pox, and that
the ghost is certainly mangy.
London.—We hear that the Rev. Mr. Moore is prepar-
ing a new work for the use of families, especially children,
to be published in weekly numbers, called the Ghost's
Catechism,